Palmetto is a city located mostly in Fulton County (originally Campbell County) and now partly in Coweta County in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population was 5,071 at the 2020 census.
History
The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Palmetto as a town in 1854. The community was named after the Palmetto Regiment of the Mexican–American War. In 2023, Palmetto elected its first female and African American mayor when Teresa Thomas-Smith won the election by 84 votes.
Demographics
Racial and ethnic composition
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Palmetto city, Georgia – Racial and ethnic composition<br><small></small>
!Race / Ethnicity <small>(NH = Non-Hispanic)</small>
!Pop 2000
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|1,443
|1,209
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1,203
|42.44%
|26.94%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |23.72%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|1,490
|2,552
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2,949
|43.82%
|56.86%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |58.15%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|13
|5
|style='background: #ffffe6; |9
|0.38%
|0.11%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.18%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|1
|33
|style='background: #ffffe6; |43
|0.03%
|0.74%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.85%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|1
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.03%
|0.02%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.02%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|8
|5
|style='background: #ffffe6; |25
|0.24%
|0.11%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.49%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|49
|113
|style='background: #ffffe6; |180
|1.44%
|2.52%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |3.55%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|395
|570
|style='background: #ffffe6; |661
|11.62%
|12.70%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |13.03%
|-
|Total
|3,400
|4,488
|style='background: #ffffe6; |5,071
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
2020 census
As of the 2020 census, Palmetto had a population of 5,071. The median age was 36.5 years. 25.0% of residents were under the age of 18 and 14.1% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 84.0 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 79.6 males age 18 and over.
88.0% of residents lived in urban areas, while 12.0% lived in rural areas.
There were 1,866 households in Palmetto, of which 38.4% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 35.0% were married-couple households, 17.8% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 40.9% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 27.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 1,200 families.